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“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.”

Karl Rahner

Among the must do’s, the can do’s, and feverish scheduling for future do’s the soft call of the hungry heart restless to find the pathway homeward asks of us to hear its’ need. A heart-call can make itself known in any recognizable form, but how is it possible to fill the need for the mystery that is God’s every present light and love? How can we fill the need of our heart with an unfathomable mystery? It’s fortunate for us that we don’t need to know. We do need to be willing to step aside and allow it to happen.

That our hearts would call out for the light and love of God is no mystery in and of itself. Having been created in and with that same Light and that same Love the heart calls for that which is completion and fulfillment. It calls for that which provides clarity, perspective and strength in sweet vulnerability. Where to begin?

Become aware of your personal heart-call. Among all of your must, can and future do’s, sit quietly listening to what your heart needs from you. Take a walk through your neighborhood. The smallest flower is grand by design. Each vein of every petal is there with intent and purpose. Allow your heart to speak to you and when you do, allow the answer to follow.

Just as the small flower is grand by design with each piece there for purpose and intent, so is it with human beings. We are the Love of God by design. Our intent and purpose is only to extend the Love that is so freely wrapped around our lives.

Breathe in the light through which we are seen and reflect it outward toward everyone and everything you touch. Your heart will be filled with the unfathomable mystery of resting in peace and cradled in Love.

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:18–19

Take a Moment to Listen:

Sweet child of heaven, you are as you were created. Just as the moment when Love first breathed spirit into your heart, your heart longs to remember and to feel once again the fullness of completion. More and deeper will you sense who you are to Who created your very being as you let go of apprehension and allow the richness of your inheritance to fill your soul.

Guided Meditation

We are invited to participate in the relationship that began from our very creation. The fullness of divine Love, joy and gratitude is our inheritance from the space of our very creation.

Find a quiet space and relax. Breathe in deeply and exhale. Breathe in again deeply and exhale. The mystery of our relationship with our Creator is only a mystery when attempting to qualify or quantify it. Breathe in deeply again and exhale.

There is no mystery in a ‘mystic’. There is however, honesty, truthfulness and total trust in an undefined relationship that has been ours from our very beginning. This cannot be reasoned, qualified or quantified. It can only be experienced. This is called ‘mystical’ because the mystery of the depth of love between creator and created cannot be reasoned or logically attended to. It is the mystery of reciprocally experiencing the depth of a relationship without explanation.

You not only have the ability to feel and experience the love of your Creator, but are also able to extend that love to all you touch within your day-to-day life. Sit with God and soak in the indefinable and filling love and gentleness from which you were created. It is freely given. Receive it freely and extend it as such.

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